--- title: "Stop! That! Train!" year: 2026 kind: "film" canonical: "https://film.one/film/stop-that-train" fi1m_id: "stop-that-train" imdb_id: "tt38128726" tmdb_id: 1541560 wikidata_id: "Q137648596" fi1m_score: 63 critics_score: 68 critics_reviews: 13 published: "2026-09-21" updated: "2026-09-21T01:32:44.444550+00:00" region: "TH" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Stop! That! Train! (2026) Directed by Adam Shankman · 1h 30m · Action, Comedy ## Identity Stop! That! Train! - **Canonical:** https://film.one/film/stop-that-train - **Type:** Film - **Fi1m ID:** stop-that-train - **IMDb ID:** tt38128726 - **TMDB ID:** 1541560 - **Wikidata ID:** Q137648596 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38128726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1541560, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137648596 **Fi1m score: 63** · Critics 68 from 13 reviews *In a sentence:* A dozen drag queens, one runaway train, and roughly one good joke for every two attempted > Adam Shankman’s drag-queen disaster spoof is good-natured and quick, and Ginger Minj and Jujubee earn their laughs as the stewardesses. But the script recycles more than it invents, the cameos do work the writing should, and the train never looks as if it weighs anything. ## Synopsis President Judy Gagwell (RuPaul) is aboard a luxury express train, attended by stewardesses DeeDee (Jujubee) and Tess (Ginger Minj), with Conductor Davenport (Chris Parnell) nominally in charge. Also on board, in one capacity or another, are Amber (Brooke Lynn Hytes), Barbra (Latrice Royale), Donna Dusk (Rachel Bloom) and Cal (Brian Jordan Alvarez). Somewhere along the line the train stops answering to its brakes and starts gathering speed, and the people best placed to do anything about it are the ones pouring the drinks. On the ground, a Train Traffic Controller (Guy Branum) tries to clear the track ahead of a machine nobody can slow down. What follows is a spoof of the 1970s disaster film: a president in peril, a crew out of its depth, a train that will not stop, and a gag roughly every twenty seconds. ## Review Adam Shankman, who made *Hairspray* (2007), has taken the template of the 1980 airline spoof, put it on rails and staffed it almost entirely with drag queens. RuPaul, who also produces with Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, plays President Judy Gagwell, aboard a luxury train that will not stop. Christina Friel and Connor Wright’s script fires a gag roughly every twenty seconds for ninety minutes. About half of them land. That is a respectable rate for the genre, and it is also the ceiling of what the film manages: cheerful, quick and gone from the mind by the time we reach the car park. The stewardesses are the reason to go. Ginger Minj plays Tess as a woman who has dealt with worse than a runaway train before breakfast, and she can land a line while carrying a tray at a forty-degree tilt. Jujubee’s DeeDee is the panicker, all wide eyes and small screams, and the two of them have the timing of a double act that has been touring for years. We laughed, out loud and more than once, and nearly every time it was one of them, usually reacting to something rather than saying it. RuPaul plays the president with a stillness that works best when the film leaves the president alone with a bad decision and a straight face. The straight men matter more than the film seems to realise. Chris Parnell’s Conductor Davenport is the one person aboard who behaves as though a train might actually crash, and every scene he anchors is funnier than the ones he is not in. Guy Branum, on the ground as a Train Traffic Controller, gets the film’s best sustained sequence, trying to clear a line while nobody on the other end listens. When neither is on screen, everyone is playing the joke, and there is nothing to bounce it off. Alessandro Marvelli’s train is the film’s best-looking thing: carriages in cream and brass, a bar car with more mirrors than a dressing room, corridors just narrow enough that two gowns cannot pass. Salvador Pérez Jr. cuts the stewardess uniforms like couture and gives the president a wardrobe of suits in colours no real president has dared. Luka Bazeli lights it all bright and flat, the way the disaster films of the 1970s were lit, which is the correct choice and also means nothing on screen is ever lovely to look at. Jacques Brautbar’s score does the swelling brass of the genre it is mocking and knows exactly when to cut out for a punchline. Joshua Kirchmer cuts for speed, and speed is the film’s strategy: if this joke did not work, here comes another. It is a sound approach until about the hour mark, when we noticed we were smiling politely rather than laughing, and that the gags were now mostly references, to drag, to the queens’ own television careers, to the sort of thing that gets a cheer in a room that already agrees. A stream of famous faces arrives to do a line each, and the film leans on them the way a tired host leans on the bar. The train itself, seen from outside, is a digital object that weighs nothing, and in a film about a heavy thing moving fast that is not a small fault. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker’s airline spoof of 1980 worked because Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen did not know they were in a comedy. Here everyone knows, and the script has not given anyone a want beyond the next line. Nobody on this train needs to get anywhere. When the danger is a joke and the people in danger are also a joke, there is nothing left to be relieved about. It runs 90 minutes and carries a 15 certificate. See it with a crowd, ideally one that watches *RuPaul’s Drag Race*, because the film was made for that audience and plays best in it. Alone on a sofa it is pleasant, brisk and thin, and it leaves the evening with time to spare. *Fi1m score 63, published 21 September 2026.* ## Straight answers **How long is Stop! That! Train!, and what is it rated?** *Stop! That! Train!* runs 1h 30m. It is an action and comedy film. **Where can I watch Stop! That! Train! in Thailand?** *Stop! That! Train!* is not on any streaming or rental service in Thailand at the moment. It is available in 6 other countries; change your country at the top of the page to see where. Availability is checked daily. **What should I watch after Stop! That! Train!?** After *Stop! That! Train!*, try [*Airplane!*](https://film.one/film/airplane) (1980, Fi1m 89): The template this film is tracing, still funnier because nobody on screen is smiling. Then [*Silver Streak*](https://film.one/film/silver-streak) (1976, Fi1m 63): Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor on a train that also declines to stop, with actual peril; and [*Some Like It Hot*](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot) (1959, Fi1m 92): Drag, a train, a sleeper car and Marilyn Monroe; the original and still the sharpest. ### Reviews we read (13) - **The Hollywood Reporter**, David Rooney (90/100, inferred): The critic finds the campy Airplane!-style disaster parody infectiously silly and charming, with strong comic timing and drag energy from RuPaul as the president and especially Ginger Minj and Jujubee as the lead stewardesses. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/stop-that-train-review-rupaul-ginger-minj-adam-shankman-1236609597/) - **The New York Times**, Chris Azzopardi (Critic's Pick): The critic praises the gleeful, unhinged Pride Month disaster spoof with RuPaul as president and a cast of drag queens saving the day on a runaway luxury train. They highlight the sweet, heightened stylization and clever spoofs of Airplane!-style comedies alongside strong cameos. [Read](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/movies/stop-that-train-review.html) - **The Guardian** (85/100, inferred): The critic calls the film a madcap riot and refreshing escapism, praising its whip-smart drag queen cast, celebrity cameos, sharp innuendoes and visual gags. They highlight the inventive humor and strong ensemble performances, especially from RuPaul and Jujubee. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/11/stop-that-train-movie-review-rupaul) - **Time Out**, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (4/5): A zany, recommended disaster spoof that delivers gags, queer in-jokes, slapstick and heart in a fun ensemble led by drag performers, even if not every joke lands perfectly. [Read](https://www.timeout.com/movies/stop-that-train-review-2026) - **Vulture** (80/100, inferred): The film legitimately made the critic laugh and delivered a good time with its freewheeling absurdity and nonstop jokes, succeeding as a gay Airplane!-style vehicle for stupid humor and RuPaul's best lines. [Read](https://www.vulture.com/article/stop-that-train-is-actually-good.html) - **Slant Magazine**, Kyle Turner (3/4): The daffy disaster comedy fueled by winning unseriousness celebrates Drag Race and gay comedy through its charming leads and sharp queer colloquial humor rather than mere references. [Read](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/stop-that-train-review-rupaul-ginger-minj-adam-shankman/) - **Variety**, Todd Gilchrist (75/100, inferred): The critic finds the cheeky disaster-movie parody charming and accessible, buoyed by appealing turns from Ginger Minj, Jujubee, and RuPaul as the president. They single out the brisk, self-aware script full of winking drag-queen references and ensemble gusto that keeps the ride entertaining. [Read](https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/stop-that-train-review-rupaul-1236772002/) - **IndieWire**, Wilson Chapman (70/100, inferred): The goofy disaster parody does not quite reach the heights of a modern Airplane! but remains a daffy delight thanks to the talented cast of drag queens. [Read](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/stop-that-train-review-rupaul-drag-race-movie-1235199062/) - **Radio Times**, Sean McGeady (3/5): The critic views it as RuPaul’s Airplane!, a drag-queen disaster comedy with a high gag rate that feels like a Drag Race acting challenge but lacks a strong straight-man foil to anchor the absurdity. [Read](https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/rupaul-stop-that-train-review/) - **Little White Lies**, Patrick Sproull (2/2/2): An amiable watch thanks to the committed queens and occasional zingers, but it fails to become a camp classic due to a tepid script, reliance on cameos, controversial AI effects and casting choices. [Read](https://lwlies.com/reviews/stop-that-train) - **RogerEbert.com**, Cortlyn Kelly (30/100, inferred): The critic calls the film thin, recycled slop with little nutritional value or daring comedy despite its drag-queen cast and moving setting. They note some celebratory queer energy and fun bloopers but criticize underdeveloped characters, obvious jokes, and questionable CGI. [Read](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/stop-that-train-rupaul-movie-review-2026) - **Deadline**, Pete Hammond (60/100, inferred): The critic views the film as a spirited but hit-and-miss homage to Airplane! and Naked Gun featuring a largely drag-queen cast. It offers fan service that will please RuPaul’s Drag Race enthusiasts despite a somewhat dated premise. [Read](https://deadline.com/2026/06/stop-that-train-review-rupaul-drag-race-movies-airplane-1236954201/) - **The Wrap** (30/100, inferred): The critic finds the ramshackle disaster parody unconvincing even as intentional silly comedy. The strong cast from Drag Race cannot overcome the lack of truly funny jokes. [Read](https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/stop-that-train-review-rupaul-charles-ginger-minj-jujubee/) ## Details - **Director:** Adam Shankman - **Director:** Adam Shankman - **Writer:** Connor Wright, Christina Friel - **Cinematography:** Luka Bazeli - **Editor:** Joshua Kirchmer - **Music:** Jacques Brautbar - **Production design:** Alessandro Marvelli - **Costume design:** Salvador Pérez Jr. - **Producer:** Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, RuPaul - **Cast:** RuPaul as President Judy Gagwell; Jujubee as DeeDee; Ginger Minj as Tess; Brooke Lynn Hytes as Amber; Marcia Marcia Marcia as Alli; Symone as Ayshleiygh; Latrice Royale as Barbra; Rachel Bloom as Donna Dusk - **Runtime:** 1h 30m - **First release (the US):** 18 May 2026 - **Genres:** Action, Comedy - **Budget:** $20 million - **Box office:** $4 million - **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2YuoAnwlQ ## Where to watch in Thailand Not streaming, renting or buying in Thailand at the last check. Also available in: AU, CA, GB, IE, NZ, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *Airplane!* (1980), Fi1m 89: The template this film is tracing, still funnier because nobody on screen is smiling. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md) - *Silver Streak* (1976), Fi1m 63: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor on a train that also declines to stop, with actual peril. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/silver-streak.md) - *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92: Drag, a train, a sleeper car and Marilyn Monroe; the original and still the sharpest. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md) - *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995): Three queens, one broken-down car, and a small town that slowly comes round. - *Hot Shots!* (1991), Fi1m 70: Charlie Sheen deadpans through a Top Gun spoof with a higher hit rate than this. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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